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Every month, the folks at Fancyapint? get together to vote for their top ten favourite pubs. These are recently visited pubs that for one reason or another (the ambience, the booze, the company) stuck in their collective memory. Kindly, these booze-savvy Fancyapinters have decided to share their latest picks with Londonist and all our readers. Cheers! Here’s the current list from Fancyapint? in no particular order of merit. They assure us that all ten......

As if wine, whiskey, beer, absinthe and rum weren’t enough, Vinopolis even has a space dedicated to gin. Bombay Sapphire gin to be exact. It’s a nice roomy and white space with turquoise highlights. Kinda like walking into and through a bottle of Bombay Sapphire (without getting wet and sticky). Vinopolis reckons the Bombay Sapphire Experience’s purpose is twofold: one, give groups of up to thirty guests a chance “to enhance their cocktail making......

All this month, kitsch Belgian restaurant Belgo is offering an Oktoberfeast menu to celebrate … erm … feasting … in … erm … October. Good ole Belgian favourites such as moules blanches (mussels cooked in brugs witbier with bacon lardons) and carbonnade flamande (braised beef cooked in faro beer, nutmeg and brown sugar) are among the substantial menu fillers available. And (get this) there’s beer too. YAY! Beer. Those Belgians do beer so well.......

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Not ones to let seasonal occasions pass by unremarked - any excuse to dress up - Bring Stuff have teamed up with fellow fancy dressers, Celebrity Murder Party and the Harlots to bring you a post-Halloween extravaganza Bring Dreams and Nightmares. Think good and evil, naughty and nice, righteous and disgusting. We know you can. This is carte blanche to go out looking horrific and, even though it's a charity fundraiser at just £10......

Want some recognition for all that elbow bending at the bar? Well, head over to Jermyn Street’s Cavendish Hotel, sidle up to Lobby Bar and ask the bartender for the “Gold Medal”. Created by Cavendish’s head barman, Robert Gaggl, the “Gold Medal” – available now and through the rest of October – commemorates the Beijing Games and welcomes the Olympic Victory Parade on 16th of this month. Combining Kahlua, Finnlandia Vodka, espresso and milk......

Oh Sherry, there’s no reason to be all alone anymore! “Culinary alchemist” Heston Blumenthal (of Fat Duck fame), with scientist Professor Don Mottram of Reading University, has discovered a group of compounds known as diketopiperazines (try saying that drunk without offending someone) in Sherry. Apparently, these diketopiperazines are thought to accentuate the taste and flavour of “umami-rich” foods. In case you haven’t caught the blurps, umami is a newly discovered fifth tasting sense beyond......

Come down to Freud's basement bar on Shaftesbury Avenue to admire Chutney Bannister's "Surreal Line" photography exhibition on the walls and indulge in an excessive number of cocktails for a Monday night. Our Flickrpool friend will be going by the name Yusuf Ozkizil for the occasion, Time Out star that he is, these days. We'll be there, propping up the bar and pointing out the ones that have taken pride of place on these......

Notting Hill's “temple to good booze and fine living,” Trailer Happiness was a few steps ahead of the London cocktail craze when they opened in back in ’03. It’s still a good spot to keep in mind for mixed drinks in a casual setting. Trailer H bartenders know their rum ... and how to mix it. Londonist sincerely appreciates that.......

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At the opening of Beer Exposed last night we earnestly hoped to have our palates wowed and our beer knowledge enhanced. The expo has the strapline "explore, educate, enlighten" but we can reliably report that what's actually going on is a whole bunch of people getting delightfully drunk on many different types of beer and only realising it when they start giggling at a man dressed in a Chinese jacket with the nametag "Angus".......

Here’s a chance to win a free Moscow Mule Cocktail Kit courtesy of Smirnoff, who wants to celebrate the Moscow Mule with Londonist readers. Much like the average Londonist reader, the Moscow Mule is particularly stylish and refreshing, comprised of vodka, ginger ale and a wedge of fresh lime. Smirnoff’s cocktail kit contains a bottle of triple distilled Smirnoff vodka and two cans of Schweppes Canada Dry Ginger Ale plus a selection of stainless......

Dubbed “the first independent event of its kind to be held in London,” Beer Exposed aims to bring beers, brewers and connoisseurs from around the world together for a unique experience “designed to expose you and your friends to the incredible diversity of tastes and flavours that beer can offer.” How thoughtful. The idea behind this bevvy exposé is to showcase up-and-coming artisanal beers, celebrate the UK’s favourite beers and demonstrate how to choose......

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Every month, the folks at Fancyapint? get together to vote for their top ten favourite pubs. These are recently visited pubs that for one reason or another (the ambience, the booze, the company) stuck in their collective memory. Kindly, these booze-savvy Fancyapinters have decided to share their latest picks with Londonist and all our readers. Cheers! Here’s the current list from Fancyapint? in no particular order of merit. They assure us that all ten......

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Sherry. It’s not just for Nan at Christmas. It’s for anybody hankering some fine wine to go with the right tasty morsels. Today, tomorrow and Friday offer a superb opportunity to sample a few of Jerez’s best (thanks to the Sherry Institute of Spain) along with yummy tapas (inspired by Fat Duck owner, Heston Blumenthal) at the Jerez Discovery Bar at Bishops Square near Spitalfields Market. If you’ve ever wondered which sherry goes best......

With their newly opened kitchen, N1 favourite, Edinburgh Cellars (125 Newington Green Road, N1 4RA) is offering a free bottle of house wine with their Sunday roasts when you book a table of four. They've got lamb, beef, chicken and veggie options. For more info, visit www.theedinburghcellars.co.uk.......

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Check it: mega-big (like three acres plus) wine and spirit wonderland, Vinopolis, now has a rum bar where peeps can "take a walk through a sunny sugar plantation, dip your hands in water from a re-created Caribbean spring, savour the magical aroma of a ten year old spirit aged in oak barrels, wander through a traditional distillery and sip on a selection of the finest Caribbean rums - all without the hassle and expense......

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Last night found Londonist sampling canapés and cocktails at an outdoor medieval setting deep in the City of London. Hosted by the makers of Tanqueray gin and toptable.co.uk,” the first of two Tanqueray Tables events in London (there was an initial Tanqueray Tables night in Edinburgh last week) offered an excellent opportunity to check out the historic Merchant Taylors’ Hall. Dating from the 14th century, the hall is one of the Twelve Great City......

Love your local? Of course you do. Then why not nominate it as London’s Best Loved Local? A new Love Your Local campaign launched by Stella Artois and spearheaded by publican/actor Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrel, Snatch … and soon to be appearing in ITV’s Primeval), gives pub goers the opportunity to recognize and reward pubs that are the “lynchpins of their local communities, offer a welcoming atmosphere for their customers......

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